Corporate America may have turned its back on traditional pensions but it appears to be embracing 401(k)s more than ever. While retirement savings remain largely up to employees, companies are spending more to strengthen their plans through features that.

PORTLAND  (AP) — The fraud trial against the former head of the Oregon Republican Party opened with an admission that he used $3.8 million from investors to pay off personal debts and finance his lifestyle.

The Kaimin asked ASUM Senate candidates what they, if elected, would do for ASUM. Here are the questions, and what they had to say: Q1. What specifically would you like to accomplish as an ASUM senator? Q2. What sets you apart from the other candidates?

Intellpuke: This commentary was written by William Greider, national affairs correspondent for The Nation and appeared in that magazine's online edition for Friday, September 19, 2008. Mr. Greider's commentary follows: Financial-market wise guys, who ha

(Adds background, economist comment.) By Joe Parkinson Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES LONDON -(Dow Jones)- In the latest piece of gloomy news to hit the U.K. housing sector, mortgage approvals sunk to a record low in March, data from the British Bankers' Associa